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Ken Legler
Ken Legler
stated on April 12, 2010 in Facebook and Twitter posts:
"Cell phone numbers go public this month."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 14, 2010
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
"No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream."
False
By Robert Farley • April 13, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on April 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.":
Says he did not say Republicans would filibuster immigration reform.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 12, 2010
Debra Lehrmann
Debra Lehrmann
stated on April 5, 2010 in a mailer:
"This race will be the Democrats’ top target this November."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 11, 2010
Holly Turner
Holly Turner
stated on March 31, 2010 in a TV ad:
"Giving money to politicians has paid off for Paul Workman. Workman gave thousands to politicians and got millions in government construction projects."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 8, 2010
Patrick McHenry
Patrick McHenry
stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article:
"Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms."
False
By Robert Farley • April 7, 2010
Florida Education Association
Florida Education Association
stated on April 2, 2010 in a statement on the group's Web site:
The Florida House is "holding the FINAL public hearing" of a controversial education bill in the middle of spring break..."when they hope (teachers) are not watching or listening."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 2, 2010
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on March 24, 2010 in an appearance on the Fox News show "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren:
"The average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge."
False
By Catharine Richert • March 30, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 28, 2010 in a U.S. Senate primary debate on FOX News Sunday:
Charlie Crist "worked with Acorn" to give felons voting rights.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 30, 2010
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 28, 2010 in on CBS's "Face the Nation":
"The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care."
False
By Robert Farley • March 29, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 28, 2010 in a U.S. Senate primary debate on FOX News Sunday:
"The average cost for health insurance in Florida went from about $600 a month for an individual to about $150 a month."
False
By Catharine Richert • March 29, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 28, 2010 in a FOX News Sunday debate.:
Rubio's tax swap proposal "would have been a massive tax increase."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 28, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 28, 2010 in a U.S. Senate primary debate on FOX News Sunday:
Did not vote for tax increases as a member of the West Miami City Commission.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 28, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on March 20, 2010 in campaign website:
"Marco Rubio thinks that government shouldn't be in the health care business at all."
False
By Amy Sherman • March 26, 2010
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC:
The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history."
False
By Robert Farley • March 25, 2010
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.:
"Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.''
False
By Robert Farley • March 25, 2010
Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer
stated on March 22, 2010 in comments on CBS's Face the Nation:
The Iraq war has been "our longest war."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 9, 2010 in his autobiography:
"Kay Bailey Hutchison was elected state treasurer, succeeding Ann Richards. Democrats then abolished the position ... Hutchison later became a U.S. senator."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 19, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2010 in his book "No Apology.":
Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2010
Cathie Adams
Cathie Adams
stated on February 20, 2010 in a fund-raising letter:
"Bill White ...offered sanctuary to illegal immigrants."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2010
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